SNIFFY SNIFF SNIFF…..thats the THUNDER!
KEEPIN IT REAL!!!

hahahahahahaha keep up the great work gary

I’m on facebook, but not really interested in having to go to two different places to watch the show, even though it is great.

GV

No disappointment here. Just agreeing with some of the ideas expressed and expressing some others. You still da man!

Ciao

GV
Bad move…….
I’m not into “Facebook”, I will paaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Great show though.

GV: Nice show.

Jay Curtis: Great Post.

QOTD: My M3.

I agree entirely, Bill Luby. Thank you for presenting the case so well and so thoughtfully.

PAZZZZZZ on Facebook, thank you.

Yikes! Wouldn’t take too much to heart GV – it’s the summer – you’re competing WITH THE SUMMER! Even people watching at work aren’t at work as much…check your hits via month / weather…

Sure, maybe you’ve gone a little bit Stuart Scott and the Boo-Ya Network since Episode 1, but nothing stays the same. Evolution people! Roll with it!

No comment on your rating of Molly Dookers!

Interesting episode on the Mollys.

QOTD: Paying private school tuition from kindergarden!

I’m going to dodge the Facebook controversy and tip my hat to your Dave Kingman reference. Instantly brought me back to watching WGN after school and Jack Brickhouse calling The Kong’s sky-high blasts onto Waveland – “Hey-Hey!”

Either that or a strikeout. Every time.

Oh, and I also purchased a case of The Boxer but haven’t tasted yet. Any other networking site on which we can watch you taste that one?

Keep up the good work, my friend.

Gary, take it easy. I watch WLTV everyday because its fun and that is my only real expectation of it. While I do enjoy “wine education,” I’ll take the show with or without it. I can empathize with the difficulty of getting in front of a camera for 15-20, minutes everyday and presenting with new content. I couldn’t do it and keep up all my other daily responsibilities at the same time. That said, I’ve never felt the need for you to apologize to us when you miss a show or two. It’s okay if you just can’t make it happen everyday.

I don’t have a facebook account, likely never will, and wasn’t upset by the facebook tasting video. However, and I sure you didn’t actually intend it this way, I could see it coming across to some people as contrary to your position of breaking the rules when it becomes necessary to fully participate in WLTV through a third party. Just a thought.

Keep up the great work.

QOTD: Sharing wine with my friends is always over the top.

Ok, GV has dinged me for not commenting. In light of the comments tonight, I just have to say: this is an awesome experience that I look forward to every day, even if it’s only a 10 minute episode. And I’m a busy, sarcastic, jaded lawyer.

I Like it when you bring in the bizzare and “over the top” wines… Personally I can not stand any wine with an alcohol content more than 14.5%
Cheers
QOTD: The most over-the-top thing that I did was kind of dumb actually, but hey that was 20 yrs ago and I was only 15 and feeling the “heat”…Back then I had eaten some uncooked onions along with my lunch and then realized that I’d have a stinking breath that surely won’t serve me well on my first date with a very special girl. Upon that grim realization, I panicked! Downed the mouth wash and asked my brother to verify my breath afterwards by a “sniffy sniff” and he confirmed a strong onion aroma. The time to meet my date was looming fast, so extreme measures had to be taken: Got out the Hugo Boss parfume and gave it a “whirl”! Believe me, the heat was intense, but my date went well afterwards…actually very well 🙂

I Like it when you bring in the bizzare and “over the top” wines… Personally I can not stand any wine with an alcohol content more than 14.5%
Cheers
QOTD: The most over-the-top thing that I did was kind of dumb actually, but hey that was 20 yrs ago and I was only 15 and feeling the “heat”…Back then I had eaten some uncooked onions along with my lunch and then realized that I’d have a stinking breath that surely won’t serve me well on my first date with a very special girl. Upon that grim realization, I panicked! Downed the mouth wash and asked my brother to verify my breath afterwards by a “sniffy sniff” and he confirmed a strong onion aroma. The time to meet my date was looming fast, so extreme measures had to be taken: Got out the Hugo Boss parfume and gave it a “whirl”! Believe me, the heat was intense, but my date went well afterwards…actually very well 🙂

Lurker coming out!

I’ve been watching and learning for the past week or so. I just found you last week on WineAccess. You had a ripping price for 2005 Seghesio Zin which I really enjoy. Since then I have enjoyed your over-the-top video productions and shared them with friends and family.

I have watched a few back episodes and I can see wher Jay Curtis is coming from. My first reaction to your show was “Wow, he’s got the wine rap down. If I just listen to him for a few weeks I’ll have some cool wine rap too.” After watching a few, I know there is more there than that, but you know you can’t be all things to all people. Your format is geared to breaking down the barriers that new wine fans encounter. If you get too deep on content, you will miss that mark.

I think what may happen is your Vayniacs are “graduating” onto more advance levels of wine aficionadoness. Which is awesome. Congrat! That is not a sign of unlove, but a sign that you have touched and influenced them to the point that they are ready for deeper knowledge. Don’t change your format to chase them. Let them fly . . .

As for Facebook, that’s not your market (well maybe it is and we are not). I’ll take a pass on that content. With 277 episodes on WLTV, I have a lot of catching up to do.

Thanks for what you do Gary. It’s pretty cool and you are changing the wine world.

I Like it when you bring in the bizzare and “over the top” wines… Personally I can not stand any wine with an alcohol content more than 14.5%
Cheers
QOTD: The most over-the-top thing that I did was kind of dumb actually, but hey that was 20 yrs ago and I was only 15 and feeling the “heat”…Back then I had eaten some uncooked onions along with my lunch and then realized that I’d have a stinking breath that surely won’t serve me well on my first date with a very special girl. Upon that grim realization, I panicked! Downed the mouth wash and asked my brother to verify my breath afterwards by a “sniffy sniff” and he confirmed a strong onion aroma. The time to meet my date was looming fast, so extreme measures had to be taken: Got out the Hugo Boss parfume and gave it a “whirl”! Believe me, the heat was intense, but my date went well afterwards…actually very well 🙂 Maybe that’s why now I do not like high alcohol content wine!!

I think people are forgetting what WLTV is all about and that is entertainment. Sure you learn a little about the wine world, but this is not your one stop shop for all the wine information. No site on the internet can ever be that, but if the shows not doing it for you anymore thats fine and GV has built a community where these more in depth issues can be discussed. I’m happy for Gary to change the format, but it shouldn’t be for the 5% of the viewer who feel they have outgrown the show. The show is still bringing the thunder, I’d score it a 93+ and for free thats a massive QPR.

Now we we have to subscribe to Facebook to watch the other half of you show….whats next?
…Just desapointing.
Not really sure if I want to see your show again.

The sniffie sniff thing is getting to be a bit much.

To everyone complaining about Facebook–

It’s not a Myspace clone. It’s 6000 times better than Myspace.

It takes, what, 5 minutes to sign up?

I’ve found long lost friends and family on Facebook.

My 65 year old senile logic teacher is on Facebook. If he can do it, then so can you.

With the amount of whining you’d think Gary had started charging for WLTV. Good grief, how lazy can you get.

Gary!!!! For goodness sake. First there was the “college girls’ vodka plus fruity/potpouri drink” comment, then the fun party blonde reference. Gimme a break! I’m thick skinned…a feminist with femininity…but I have to throw down a flag on your play. You’re completely off-sides. Show your female Vayniacs a little more love than that (especially the real blondes…myself included). Until I hear you make some reference to a wine as a powerful, independent, articulate, uncompromising, free-thinking, authentic, spirited, individualistic blonde please keep your thin, offensive, stereotypical comments where they belong (i.e. off the air).

Thanks.

Ever your zealous fan,
Denise : )

P.S. Facebook?! No thanks.

Actually, the more I think about it, the more it sickens me. The V-man has given you hundreds of free shows, and you grouse about signing up for a website?

Seems petty and ungracious to me.

Hey, GV
Didn’t mean to imply that I don’t enjoy the show. I haven’t missed an episode since I found out about it (thanks, bro and Joel Stein). And I’ve spent nearly all my spare time watching episodes from the archive.

I think it’s a great and admirable thing you’re doing–and I hope you’ll keep up the good work and keep on sniffy sniffing.